Riding the Kyiv Express
With Russia increasing its bombing, the train has become an essential route in and out of Ukraine. Our intrepid reporter, Anna Conkling describes what it’s like to make the trip.
With Russia increasing its bombing, the train has become an essential route in and out of Ukraine. Our intrepid reporter, Anna Conkling describes what it’s like to make the trip.
The president of Russia knows how to lure into his net MAGA Republicans who share his professed hatred for the LGBTQIA+ community and his performative adaptation of Russian Orthodox Church views.
After Iran’s largely failed attack on Israel, all eyes are now on Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet to see how it will respond.
Ever since abortion became legal, the GOP has portrayed itself as unequivocally “pro-life.” This week’s Arizona Supreme Court decision has exposed that as a lie.
There may be few things as ironic as Donald Trump advocating for “election integrity.” Yet here we are.
It’s a bad sign when even the GOP’s wingnuts have their doubts about Arizona’s abortion laws.
The comment that stopped me in my tracks.
Unveiling the heartland’s fury, its rural discontent, and its very real threat to American democracy.
Just about everyone demands a halt to carnage in Gaza. Pressure is building on Biden to stop arms shipments to Israel, which may be the deciding factor.
The obscure meaning of a total solar eclipse.
As more communities sue oil majors following climate disasters, a collection of evidence reveals the industry’s efforts to deny the link between extreme weather and climate change.
Rita Palma said the quiet part out good-and-loud.
Thoughts on Elon Musk vs. Don Lemon, plus a Hopi prophecy.
Three Pacific nations signed treaties with the US. Then Congress changed the rules.
In Ohio, a technicality in the state’s voting laws could keep Joe Biden off the ballot — and Sherrod Brown out of the Senate.
I could see right away that it was some kind of hit piece.
The media is so numb to Donald Trump’s lies that it doesn’t bother covering them. And that’s a disservice to readers.
Fox News is going to extraordinary lengths to make anything it covers about the “immigration crisis.”
Judge Aileen Cannon continues to take actions that prolong the case, while seemingly providing herself a pathway for a Trump acquittal that cannot be appealed.
If Democrats really want to protect US democracy, they have to do a whole lot more than defeat Donald Trump.
A culture running on performance-enhancing drugs now runs on fumes.
More of us, especially the young voters and soon-to-be voters, need to get more involved, show up, and ask hard questions.
The US economy keeps defying expert predictions by adding massive numbers of jobs.
Democracy’s deep flaws, and some radical fixes to future-proof American governance.
Donald Trump is right. There is a two-tiered justice system in the US, and it allows people like him to avoid accountability.
The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don’t want to name the cause.
Why is Aileen Cannon the one judge Donald Trump has not insulted or threatened? Because she keeps ruling in his favor.
Satire failed us during the rise of Trump, but maybe that’s because we were using it wrong.
“Heat isn’t a new phenomenon,” said Global Witness. “But as the planet gets hotter because of human-caused emissions, scientists are detecting more heat-related deaths.”
Trump’s new company is an invitation for bribes and corruption.
A ship wrecks a bridge, a con man hawks a Bible, a Kennedy scores some cash…
Trump’s confident and cocky because he senses that the whole system is afraid of what would happen if he were jailed and the Wrath of MAGA provoked.
Donald Trump took to the internet this week to hawk a ‘God Bless the USA Bible.’ It’s a twofer: Rake in the cash, and signal to Evangelicals that he’s on their team.
Fox News and the rest of the right-wing media are doing their best to scare people into voting for Donald Trump… and they sometimes go to absurd lengths to do so.
Republicans in Congress have left Ukraine short on weapons to defend itself. The immediate answer: an increased reliance on a variety of deadly drones.
How a distinguished trial lawyer shaped justice through landmark cases in national security, press freedom, and more.
An analysis of the bill’s impact shows that for every $1 the government invested, the private sector spent nearly $5.50.
Impeachment doesn’t have the same thrill for Jim Jordan anymore.
In Austin, TX, to discuss city-state government conflict, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens was forced to flee the popular convention after protesters chanted, unfurled a massive banner, and distributed flyers demanding an end to “Cop City.”
The attack against a concert hall in Moscow’s suburbs raises questions about Putin and the effectiveness of Russia’s intelligence organizations.
Do the right thing; make your family and forebears proud.
Recent Tucker Carlson guest Steve Kirsch took stolen patient records from New Zealand in his desperate quest to prove the COVID-19 vaccines are killing in droves.
Donald Trump’s son-in-law thinks he knows what Gaza needs, and it’s not food, water, and medicine.
Donald Trump has done two things for Republicans: Build the base (at the expense of moderates and independents) and lose elections. Democrats should be happy to let him keep doing that.